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Definition: Phrygian stone
Phrygian
\Phryg"i*an\, a. [L. Phrygius, Gr. ?, fr. ? Phrygia, a
country of Asia Minor.]
Of or pertaining to Phrygia, or to its inhabitants.
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Phrygian mode (Mus.), one of the ancient Greek modes, very
bold and vehement in style; -- so called because fabled to
have been invented by the Phrygian Marsyas. --Moore
(Encyc. of Music).
Phrygian stone, a light, spongy stone, resembling a pumice,
-- used by the ancients in dyeing, and said to be drying
and astringent.
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